Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒgib-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Root

*ʒgib-

1. to turn cold, freeze

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: გაძგიბვა (gaʒgibva) — Meskheti
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოძგიფუ (ożgipu), ძგიფერი (żgiperi)
• ⇒ Svan: აბძგე (abʒge)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 105 of 79–113